Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-22
SOUND SENTIMENTS

Those of President Cable ofthe Great
Rock Island Road. with Regard to
Western Observation-Disclosures of a |
shrewd Observer.
President R. r. Cable, of the ''Great
Rock Island Route" man who ranks
foremost among the railroad officials OF
the country and gentleman whom Rock
Island is proud to claim as citizen, |
though bis official residence is in Chicago, |
was in New York on business the other |
day, and he submitted to a lengthy inter- |
view with a reporter on the present con-
dition of the northwest. Mr.. Gable does
not remember any season when there
have been brighter prospects than just al
present all OVER the Northwest. Along
the lines of his company crops are not on
ly promising and unusually large, but there
are indications of a quality better than the
average There is no threat so far from
weather or any of the pests that someA
times kill off the crops The season, too,
is earlier than usual The farmers are in
high spirits, feeling sure of exceptional
rewards 1t is noticed by President
Gable that all the dresry talk about hurt
to the west from real estate booms has
nothing whatever to support it. The
activity in real estate has attracted set
tiers instead of frightening them away
In towns that have been doomed the
most the general business is being done
When people talk about wild western
real estate booms they usually go upon
premises that are family A big boon.
seldom signifies more-if so much
than the price of real estate is advanc,
ing TO It's intrinsic value "a value given
by the demands of coming settlers.
These sentiments are voiced by as
sbrewd AN observer and careful a busi-
ness man Ms the commercial fraternity Of
this country affords. While being pre-
cisely those upon which the ARGUS has
long insisted, they are especially com
mended to that unfortunate class of peo'
pie who were born in the dark of the
moon, and who seem to consider it theiI
hounden duty to look ON the black side
of everything, save it be the painted
feathers of some far away city that they
have no idea of even visiting. Look al
Peorias boom in the light of President
Cables opinion. He says that western
bnoms in general signify no more than
an advance in the price of real estate tC
It's intrinsic value, and corresponding
increase in population"
1t has been said by some men thai
Rock Islands boom is imaginary, This
Is sheer nonsense. The growth of Rock
has been gradual and of a character thai
will stand-it will submit to no retro
grade movement Stop moment ane
consider what has taken place here
within month if you please. Two syn
dictates formed to purchase and have
purchased residence property on which
Ia build houses. 1t is said that the mel
who have invested in these syndicate
and already incurred considerable add
tional expense in making surveys, would
not do so, if they could not see the TINT
when it would come back to them No
only shrewd Rock Island business men
but such wealthy real estate Speculation
as c.. E. Mayne and E. A. Benson. o
Omaha. have become Interested in Rocl
Island real estate.
To obtain in Kansas City, with all it
boasted greatness, property such as i
offered in Rock Island for 500 to $50
lot within a mile of the postOffice, on
must 90 across a river and six miles GU
from the center of town. and there ar
marked plats in this city today showing
that lots in WyandOtte, six miles on
from Kansas City, sell quickly for a
much money as choice properties on tn
bluff here There is not the first symp
tom of initiation here. There is not
growing town in the entire west wher
properly is so reasonable in price as it i
right in Rock Island today Take WITCH
ita-Wonderful WIchita-w which has car
ried away 50 many of Rock Islands citi
zens and absorbed their cash in san
heaps, a city without foundation, wEer
and Een would jump at land three mile
in the suburbs and the Price that choic
building lots in the most desirable part
of Rock Island are offered for today
Some people only learn wisdom by ex
perience. They cannot see a day ahea
of them, and it is this class of peopl
who, few years hence, blame others 70
realizing the fortunes they ought t
have had, when they ought only +
blame themselves What Rock Islam
needs is few of these kickers who op
pose everything, and who think ths
their time of residence here gives thel
the right to grumble and sort of low
the town, ITO kick themselves out of tow
and a united effort on the part of thos
who are left. Nature has done her lev
best for US, and the man who frOwns G
an honest effort to pull the town ahead
no true Rock Islander. and the city is be
ter rid Of his presence.
A slight Mistake.
While two Geneseo young men We
in Washington recently, they were OF